Chapter 57: Stealing huge amounts of property will lead to jail time

"Sister..." Shen Xing said with a cheeky look, acting like a spoiled child. "You haven't been home for a year. Why are you interrogating me as soon as you come back?"

Shen Ci glanced at him and snorted lightly. "You don't make Mom worry, so I won't make you feel better. I originally brought you many gifts, but now I have decided to give them to Guangrong."

Guangrong was her cousin, the child of her aunt's family.

Upon hearing this, Shen Xing widened his eyes. "Don't, sister! Second sister said you bought her many things. What did you buy for me? Hurry up and let me see!"

"We'll talk about it tomorrow after we've finished talking."

After Shen Ci said this faintly, she ignored Shen Xing's pestering and returned to her room.

Lying on her small bed, the smell and feeling made Shen Ci feel at ease. She had no dreams all night; this was the most solid and stable sleep she had had in these days.

The next day, a sunny day.

Shen Ci had just opened her eyes in a daze when she heard her bedroom door being knocked gently. "Aci, Mom has gone to work. Mom put your breakfast in the microwave for you. Remember to eat it when you get up in a while."

"Got it, Mom." Shen Ci responded.

Hearing that her daughter was awake, Shen Jingjing pushed the door open directly, looking at her daughter with a gentle tone. "What do you want to eat tonight? Mom will go to the market to buy it and make it for you after work."

Shen Ci smiled, her heart as warm as the morning sunlight. After thinking for a while, she said, "Bak Kut Teh."

"I knew it." Shen Jingjing had an expression of having guessed it, looked down at the time, and said, "Mom has to go. If you don't want to get up, sleep a little longer. Remember to eat breakfast."

After her mother left, Shen Ci also climbed out of bed. Just as she was about to enter the bathroom to wash up, a crisp "ding" sound rang out.

Having read quite a few rebirth novels, she subconsciously froze in place, thinking to herself, has the "system" arrived?

But after waiting for a long time without hearing any other sounds, she blinked her eyes and reacted.

Oh, it was the breakfast in the microwave that was ready.

After washing up and eating the delicious white-cut chicken and small steamed buns, her mother's WeChat suddenly sent a voice message.

Shen Ci directly converted it to text: "Aci, Mom left her work badge at home. It should be on the cabinet in the entryway. Remember to help Mom send it over after you finish breakfast."

Shen Ci quickly replied and asked, "Is it urgent?"

"Not urgent. Just send it over before noon."

Around ten o'clock, Shen Ci found her mother's work badge and took a taxi to the Ruili International Hotel in Xiang'an District.

Her mother's job was as a housekeeper in the housekeeping department. She had worked in this five-star international hotel for more than ten years and was now the team leader of the first group of the housekeeping department.

Her daily work was to clean guest rooms and handle the needs of guests who checked in in a timely manner.

It wasn't easy, but fortunately, the working environment was acceptable, and she didn't have to be exposed to the wind and sun, so Shen Jingjing was very satisfied with her current job.

The only drawback was that she didn't have a high education level and only had a junior high school education, so she couldn't reach middle and high-level positions like a manager. A small team leader was the highest position she could be promoted to.

At the hotel front desk, Shen Ci asked politely, "Hello, I'm looking for Shen Jingjing from the first group of the housekeeping department. She forgot to bring her work badge."

"Are you Jingjing's daughter?"

Seeing that Shen Ci was beautiful, the front desk staff couldn't help but ask one more question subconsciously.

Shen Ci smiled and nodded.

"Jingjing should be cleaning guest rooms on the floor responsible for the first group at this time. You can use my card to swipe the elevator to the 26th and 27th floors to look for her. If she is not there, go to the housekeeping department on the 5th floor to ask."

The staff member said while handing over an internal elevator card, not forgetting to remind, "The guest rooms waiting to be cleaned are all open. Be careful not to knock on the doors of rooms with guests inside. Remember to return the elevator card to me after you come down."

Shen Ci took the elevator card and thanked her.

She first sent a message to her mother asking which floor she was on, but her mother didn't reply for a long time, so Shen Ci could only follow the front desk staff's prompt to look for her.

She first went to the 26th floor and walked quickly in the corridor to look for her. Seeing service staff in rooms with open doors, she would confirm whether it was her mother. The hotel was very large, and there were almost dozens of guest rooms on one floor.

Suite 2788, at this time, there was an argument coming from inside.

"Then isn't that strange? It's not some small gadget; how could a brooch the size of a cup bottom fly out of the room?"

"Then do you think it's possible that your own people put it away? Or did you put it somewhere and forget?"

"What do you mean by that? Do you mean I'm a thief crying thief? You don't even look at who is staying in this room; is it worth it for us to make things difficult for a service worker?"

"Sir, I don't mean that. I just want to say if there is such a possibility. Our original intention is the same as yours; we all want to help you find the lost items, right?"

In the middle of the suite's living room, a housekeeping manager in a suit seemed to be dealing with a crisis event. Opposite him, a lean man had an angry face, clearly in a state of anger.

And standing beside the housekeeping manager was Shen Jingjing, the service worker who had received the guest's request to enter the room to clean this guest room early in the morning.

Just half an hour ago, the guest in this suite called to say that a valuable item had been lost and requested housekeeping staff to come and handle it, which led to the current scene.

The lean man pointed at Shen Jingjing and questioned loudly, "From the time we checked in until we discovered the item was lost just now, you were the only staff member who entered this room. Do you dare to say you didn't see the diamond brooch placed on the table?"

Shen Jingjing looked at the other party. Even though the other party's attitude was aggressive, she didn't show the slightest sign of cowardice or fear, saying politely but firmly, "Sorry, sir, I really didn't see any brooch."

She had worked in this hotel for more than ten years, and this was not the first time she had faced such a thing, so she was not panicked inside.

Seeing that she actually had this attitude, the lean man was furious. "You won't admit it, right? If you don't admit it, I'll call the police. Stealing huge amounts of property will lead to jail time. Don't blame me for not giving you a chance!"

"Sir, you cannot determine that I stole it without evidence. Since you lost valuable items in our hotel, we also support you in calling the police, and we are also willing to cooperate fully with the police." Shen Jingjing said neither humbly nor pushily.

The lean man held his mobile phone, intending to scare the service worker in front of him so that she would hand over the items quickly. He didn't expect that she wouldn't buy this at all.

At this time, the person who had been sitting on the sofa with a gloomy face finally stood up and said to the lean man, "We can't call the police now, otherwise we have to go to the police station to make a statement. The event starts at twelve o'clock, and there is no extra time."

Upon hearing this, the lean man said with a worried face, "Junhuan, then what should we do? That brooch was lent to us by the brand, and it costs over five hundred yuan. If we lose it, we have to pay for it!" ===== CHAPTER 58 =====